Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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6d?" torn AN If T P ( SgP? ? D 1 La OF f I |g^ FOR I in I in Price I B RAII 1 Local Laoonios. Happenings 'of Interest About Town- Personal and Otherwise. \CtOd i n ^<kn /il> a ?> luaiuu; uuuitnuii 10 M;iu;iuii^ near Columbia. Mr. Thos. Aughtry, of Whitmire, is here this week. Mr. N. D. Walker is here from Atlanta visiting his parents. Mrs. G. A. Whitehead arrived Wednesday and is at Hotel Union. Mr. W. C. Drummond, of Spartanburg, is here on a visit for a few days. Mr. Bartow L. Gilbert, of Florence, spent a few days in the city this week. Miss Mary Oliphant, of Spartanburg, is visiting her brother Mr. R, A. Oliphant. The Bronte club met with .Mrs. Nannie Linder at the home of W. H. Sartor Tuesday afternoon. M#4nd Mrs. F. H. Garner were at hd * to a few of the newly married y Iples Wednesday evening. Atrrha January meeting of Council assembled, Messrs Scaife and Hamblin were elected as city attorneys. If: fit I.AX. nin < /> ? i -mw raioo vvimrxuive unu 01 uxioru, N. C., who has been visiting Mrs. Royal Shannonhouse returned to her home this week. 1 friends of Mr. Carlisle Perrin (b glad to know that he is J nicely after an operation for v trouble performed on him Fmingliam, Ala. | would be glad to have our bondents send us their conr Jations either Saturday or ^toT^iiy morning, this would insure the" insertion that week and enable us to arrange space for all other matter to be published. 4a Drs. Wallace and Fellers have moved into their new dental parlors in the Nicholson building. Their compartments consist of a reception room, operating rooms and laboratory on the 2nd story front. Thew rooms are elegantly furnished and y gf frsridsome aaangfo. the jJ# i Jt f " f; .1/: - ' ViTiliSil I'OUNE EXTRA PAIR DIISER 1AVE A WIDE RA >ATTERNS, SUITA DRESS OR BUSINl s $1.00 to 3 ?T H E?EY-COPEL COMPANY. >RES8 BETTER ST An engine to be used in the construction of the Union and Glenn Springs Railroad came in Tuesday night and is now being used be" 1 twecn the S. A. L. railroad and ! Neal Shoals dam. Mr. John Henry Williams, a j brother of Mr. Gordon Williams, i who has been for several years j magistrate of the Clifton cotton mills has resigned his position and i moved to Union and accepted the position or outside boss at the Union Cotton Mills. Miss Rafila Kerr, sister of Mrs. Thoe. Estcs and two friends of Miss Kerr, Misses Grace James and Annie Laurie Hadden, of Greenwood, spent Tuesday with Mrs. J. R. Dickert. Tuesday evening Mrs. Dickert entertained in their honor, whist was the feature of the evening, after which delicious refreshments were served. These most nKovminflr WAiinrr lo/lina vilUliUIUQ JVUII5 JlUVtlV/O AUiV AVI vai I lisle Wednesday where they were entertained that evening. They will pass through Union today 011 their . homoward way. New Mill at Lockhart. A large new Cotton Mill at Lockhart will be in process of erection early this spring, the wheel pit and , tail race have been completed. The ; mill building will be four stories j high, and be equipped with 40 or 50,000 spindles and 12 or 15 hun-1 dred looms, and employ about 900 operatives- The houses for the additional number of operatives have already been built. Universal Satisfaction. The greatest comfort that a man can have is to know that his services or his goods have given satisfaction. It gives us unusual pleasure to believe that we did not have a single purchaser of our old and reliable Fertiliser last year, but what was pleased with the same. The results were highly satisfactory. ' We are selling the same grade this 1 year. We carry in our Warehouse, a | , stock of all grades, we also deliver to : any shipping point in the Stato in 10i 1 ton lots or more. i Our brand is the old and reliable 1 > Wando Brand. Doubtless there are others as good, but none better. We shall be glad to do business with you, The Union Grocery Company. NOTICE. All persona wishing to be appointed overseers on public roads for tne ierm of 19b6 and ldon, are requested to send J In written applications for same by 1st [ Monday in February. T. J. Briniavoe, 1 ** Sopor. UaitwOotBty. i . . ?5U ?F j| fs?La >6.00 Basal AND Qj 'ORE. fepP Work of our Legislature. There has not been very much real work done by the legislature up to this time. A number of new bills have been introduced in both branches of the assembly. The most notable and of the greatest public or general interest are: Senate bill to nascss property at its real value; bill for the creation of a stale Imnrd of ORRORSorH ormRistinry of the comptroller general and one person from each judicial circuit: compulsory education hill; bill to liavo dispensers elected for two years, and circuit judges for 16 years instead of 4; bill to aid and encourage the erection of public school buildings. A joint resolution was passed, which provides for a committee of investigation, composed of three members of the senate and three of the house, to investigate the workings and business of the state dispensary as to purchases of stock, as to whether members of the board of directors have been agents for large wholesale liquor houses, as to whether those to whom orders had been given were not dealers but brokers, and thus making the State pay tho commissions of a third party, what is the financial standing, and is it run on best business principles, what is the indebtedness of the dispensary for liquors which have been bought, but not delivered; a bill for the protection of game; bill to change the jury law. There should be a jury commission, composed of three commissioners, who hold no other office in the county or state. The jury box should be filled by these commissioners in January of each year, and before each court term these commissioners should meet and draw the jury in secret session. Next Thursday is the day set by a concurrent resolution of senate and house to elect judges, a superintendent and three directors of tho penitentiary. It seems that there i has been more interest taken in the coming elections than in the real legislative work, although a large number of bills have been introduced. TO THE FARMERS. Our gin will, for the remainder of the season, operate only on Fridays of each week. Union Oil Mill. j INTERESTING COTTON TALK. j ?????? Meeting of Farmers, Bankers and Merchants Last Saturday In the J Court House. A very interesting and important meeting was held last Saturday in the court house in response to a call that had been made by farmers, bankers and merchants. At noon the meeting was called to or- ' der and Mr. W. T. Jeter ealled to the chair and Rev. Jno. G. Farr requested to act as secretary. Judge J. M.'Greer explained the object of the meeting. The chairman called first those who had signed the call for this meeting. Mr. Emslie Nicholson said that he had signed the call, that he was no farmer, but a hanker, but none the less in sympathy with the farmers in this the hour of low price cotton, that he was willing and ready to render any financial assistance by lending money to the farmers that wished to hold their cotton for letter price, was willing to subscribe to a fund to defray the expenses of sending a delegate to New Orleans. He then, to precipitate a discussion upon the main question for which the meeting was called, offered a resolution that it was the sense of this meeting, that the farmers of Union county, reduce the cotton acreage 2o per cent. J. M. Greer offered an amendment by adding, and fertilizer ,r>0 per cent. Capt. Farr said he was heartily in sympathy with the farmers and willing to do anything he could to relieve the situation, that he recognized, as he had always done. A failure on the part of farmers, was a failure in every other business. Mr. A. C. Lyles said he had studied the cotton question a good deal, could sec no use for the farmers of South Carolina to reduce acreage unless all the cotton states did so, that he had for the past 4 or 5 J year# reaucca tins acreage to 15 acres to the mule, that he with others who had done this ought not be asked to further reduce 25 per cent, that tliis reduction should only apply to those who planted 25, 35 and 50 acres to the mule. That he favored a pledge on the part of the farmers to use no fertilizer, and plant only 15 acres to the mule and not buy any more mules. Rev. Jno. G. Farr made an eloquent appeal for the reduction of acreage and fertilizer. _ Sheriff Sanders agreed with Rev. Farr and thought the 15 acre man ought to be asked to reduce his acreage. Mr. John Johnsc n believes in the farmers exercising their l>est judgment, and in intensive farming. Mr. S. S. Farrar said he was one farmer who had already reduced his acreage, had not planted over 12 or 15 acres to the mule in 5 years. Mr. Sawyor offered an amended resolution, that all farmers who planted 25 or more acres to the mule reduce their acreage 25 per cent, and those who planted less would not l)e expected to reduce. That delegates to the convention to such a plan, and if not carried in the convention, Union county would not lx?. bound by this agreement. Mr. Farrar moved to plant not more than 15 acres to the mule and reduce fertilizers 50 per. a**..- ?-i: !? ? win. anui Hiiuil UIHCU?HU>I1 WC believe a motion was made and carried, that all of the farmers who planted more than 15 acres to the plow, reduce the acreage 25 per cent and use 50 per cent less fertilizers. By the time this motion was finally put to a vote we noticed that the crowd had thinned out considerably. The names of several men were put in nomination as delegates to the New Orleans Cotton Growers Convention which meets January 24, 25 and 26. Rev. Jno. G. Farr, B. F. Arthur and A. C. Lyles wore chosen delegates to Now Orleans and to the state convention whenever it met. Many questions of importance were discussed during this meeting, and there was much diversity of opinion expressed by the different farmers present, among which was that of renting land for so much cotton, that where a renter liad to pay rent j in cotton only, he was obliged to j plant cotton not only to pay the! rent, but in addition, to pay for supplies, fertilizers, etc. It was suggested that to reli"To this difficulty the land owner would rent for so much of the entire crop, or so much cotton, corn, peas and fodder. There was less enthusiasm fVinn wn tnUI liVo f/v viu*aa if v# ff vui\? uau w/ nave nt^ii manifested over the question of re" duction of acreage and use of fertilizers. Our farmers seem paralyzed and confused over the question as to what is the Ixist thing to do, and under the existing circumstances the meeting was as nearly harmonious as oould be expected for an unorganized body of farmers, who so keenly felt the sting of low price cotton. Bring your job work to The Times. We have new type faces and ca? please you. (? == We are showin ALL WOOL LAMINATED DOWN COMI As light as a feather a MERCERIZEE AND HALL in Green, Red and Old and Figurec Nottingham, Bobbinel and Irish Point in ne^ Prices. Bailey Fur HKentuck? p 11 Our pens ai ed with Y V| U IVI\ 1UU H tucky Muli P want the I P lowest pos< ,? our barn it P j| to get thei I THE PEOPLES II D. PANT GILLI Death of Mr. G. Coleman Shettlesworth. Mr. G. Coleman Shcttlesworth ' died at his home near Sedalia last Friday night and was huriod Saturday afternoon, in Padgett's Creek church cemetery, Rev. C. T. Scaife officiating. Mr. JShettlesworth had been sick hut two days before his death. He had been a sufferer for years with kidney trouble and for several days before he died, his worry about the critical illness of his wife, doubtless hastened his death. lie was one of Union county's best, truest and stanchest j citizens, and was a Confederate Vet oran of unquestioned courage and fidelity. He died as he had lived a Christian gentleman, having been a I member of the Methodist church for more than thirty years. lie was al>out 69 years old, and leaves a wife, two sisters, Mrs. H. M. Barnett and Mrs. Lizzie Mohleyand one brother, Mr. J. C. Shettleworth and many friends to mourn his loss. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the be* reared in this their sad affliction. Invited Guests Inspect the Bailey Furniture Mfg. Co. Tuesday afternoon President T. E. Bailey of The Bailey Furniture Mfg Co. issued a number of neat invitations to visit the plant. Mr. Bailey chartered the U. <fc G. 8. train to take the party of,thirtyfive guests out to the factories, which are located on the U. & G. 8. Rail Road about half way between Union and Buffalo. The plant is in first class shape and running smoothly at full time. Mr. Bailey has owned and operated the plant individually for nearly a : year and now, being assured of its success and in order to enlarge the plant has secured a charter of 20000, and will open lxx>ks of subscription for stock. The charter members being T. E. Bailey, T. C. Duncan, Rmslie Nicholson, F. M. Farr, J. A. Fant, W. L. Smith, men who assure the enterprise a success. } The capacity now is $5000.00 a month of finished furniture and is running at full capacity. With the j enlargement, this will l>c greatly increased . Shipments are being made I from Texas to New York ! tif rt n * w. o. omim is superintendent of 'the factory, J. R. Smith, foreman of the machine rooms, Jno. P. Motes, foreman of cabinet room, Jno. O. Carter, foreman of finish* ing room, Herliert Lindsay ship, ping clerk and bookkeeper. g a nice line of BLANKETS, COTTON FORTS : : : : ind as warm as wool. ) PORTIERS CURTAINS, Rose. Bagdad Stripes 1 Tapestry. | t, Arabian, Fish-net ?v designs at Popular niture Co. J) y Mules!I re now fill- u lig-h class, P ving Ken= fa es. If you p best at the 1 >ible prices, H > the place ^ "ft 1 SUPPLY CO., I AM, Manager. |m| F Pickle 1 | Excellence : } HEINZ { | Sweet Pickles s 5 have a distinctive flavor 8 ** 2 J ?a single taste leaves a 8 ? desire for more. Maybe you will like them better " than your own. ? 8 * Our line of Pickles, ? 2 Preserves, Condi- ^ mcnts nntl Sauces ? is more complete a 2 and of liiglier clmr- S actor than is else ^ where obtainable. * ? 5 By buying Heinz Pickles g J in sealed glass packages you are sure of getting 8 the best we can offer? 8 |j better cannot be made. | We return full purchase 5 price if you do not like 8 I them. | lllKlON C80CERY | PAiini HIT ? | lUMFANK, | jj Special Agents. S la ii a!l